Sargis Explained
| Sargis |
| Gender: | Male |
| Meaning: | Protector |
| Region: | West Asia |
| Origin: | Armenian, Syriac |
| Related Names: | Sergius, Sargent |
| Alternative Spelling: | Sarkis, Sarkees, Serkis |
| Nickname: | Seggy, Sagi, Sago, Sako, Seggo |
Sargis or Sarkis (hy|Սարգիս, pronounced as /hy/;, pronounced as /syr/) is a male given name in both Armenian[1] and Assyrian[2] communities. The Armenian surname Sargsyan/Sarkisian is derived from this name.
Etymology
The name ultimately derived from the Latin name Sergius.
Assyrian Tradition
In the Assyrian community, the name Sargis is a common veneration to Saint Sergius who was martyred in the Syriac speaking city of Resafa,[3] [4] popularizing the name in the language amongst liturgically Syriac speaking communities since at least the 4th century. The name, pronounced as /syr/, meaning Saint Sargis, is also used for Assyrian churches in both the Assyrian homeland[5] and diaspora.[6]
List of notable people or places with the name Sargis
Saints
Places
Churches
Mononym
First name
- Sargis I Jaqeli (died 1285), Georgian nobleman of the House of Jaqeli and sovereign Prince
- Sargis Barkhudaryan (1887–1973), Armenian composer, pianist and educator
- Sargis Galstyan (1979), Armenian actor and theatre director
- Sargis Hovhannisyan (born 1968), Armenian football player
- Sargis Hovsepyan, (born 1972), Armenian football player
- Sargis Kakabadze (1886-1967), Georgian historian and philologist
- Sargis Karapetyan (born 1990), Armenian football player
- Sargis Mehrabyan (died 1943), Armenian military figure
- Sargis Pitsak, early 14th century Armenian artist
- Sargis Sargsian, (born 1973), former professional tennis player from Armenia
- Sargis Tmogveli, late 12th and early 13th century Georgian statesman and writer.
- Sargis Yosip, Assyrian bishop from Iraq
- Sargis Reshaina, 6th century physician and priest who translated Greek medical works into Syriac
- Sargis Bkhira
Last name
See also
Notes and References
- Book: Hanks, Patrick . Dictionary of American Family Names . . 2003 . 9780199771691 . 271 . en . Sargis (177) Reduced form of Armenian Sargisian, western Armenian form of SARKISIAN.
- Book: Hanks, Patrick . Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd Edition . . 2022 . 9780190245115 . Names from Africa, the Middle East, and the Indian Subcontinent . en . Assyrian/Chaldean: from a Syriac equivalent of the Latin personal name Sergius (see Sergio) a Christian saint's name. Compare Sarkis American shortened form of Armenian Sargsyan or its rare variant Sargisyan. (Compare Sarkis).
- Web site: Aboud . Ibrahim George . Religion in language policy, and the survival of Syriac . CSUSB ScholarWorks . California State University, San Bernardino . 8 December 2022 . 30 . en . Despite all these developments, Syriac continued to be used by Chalcedonian rural communities in Syria until the end of the Middle Ages...To the East, in the city of Sergiopolis in the Syrian Desert, the columns' inscriptions found in the sixth century main cathedral used reversed Greek, written from right to left like Syriac.
- Web site: Greek and Syriac inscriptions on the chancel screen of the church of *Sergios (soldier and martyr of Rusafa, S00023) in Zabad (near Anasartha, to the southeast of Chalkis and Beroia/Aleppo, north Syria), listing donors involved in the construction of this sanctuary, and possibly invoking Sergios. 6th c. (after 511). . figshare . pnowakowski . 8 December 2022.
- Web site: MAAR-SARGIZ HISTORICAL CHURCH . Iran Touring and Tourist Organization . 8 December 2022.
- Web site: Assyrian Church of the East - Mar Sargis IL . assyrianchurch.net.
